Best of Maria Luís Albuquerque

Best of Maria Luís Albuquerque

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Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque gestures during a press conference to present the Portugal's 2014 state budget at the Finance Ministry in Lisbon on October 15, 2013. Bailed-out Portugal will put forward new spending cuts demanded by its creditors in a draft budget for 2014 today which risks deepening discontent over austerity measures. Portugal, which is trying to regain full access to debt markets with the end of a three-year 78-billion-euro (106 billion USD) rescue plan in June 2014, has vowed to bring its deficit down to 4.0 percent of output next year from 5.5 percent in 2013. AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA

Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque gestures during a press conference to present the Portugal's 2014 state budget at the Finance Ministry in Lisbon on October 15, 2013. Bailed-out Portugal will put forward new spending cuts demanded by its creditors in a draft budget for 2014 today which risks deepening discontent over austerity measures. Portugal, which is trying to regain full access to debt markets with the end of a three-year 78-billion-euro (106 billion USD) rescue plan in June 2014, has vowed to bring its deficit down to 4.0 percent of output next year from 5.5 percent in 2013. AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, gestures as she speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, gestures as she speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, reacts during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, reacts during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, gestures as she speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, gestures as she speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, listens at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, listens at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks at a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, reacts during a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, reacts during a conference at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, gestures as she speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maria Luis Albuquerque, Portugal's finance minister, gestures as she speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. With Greek officials fanning out across the continent to plead their case, Albuquerque warned that the currency bloc wont make contingency plans to prepare for a possible breakdown in talks and encouraged Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the offer on the table. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque gestures during a... News PhotoBudget,Finance,Finance Minister,Gesturing,Lisbon,Maria Luís Albuquerque,Portugal,Portuguese Culture,Press Conference,VerticalPhotographer PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRACollection: AFP 2013 AFPPortuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque gestures during a press conference to present the Portugal's 2014 state budget at the Finance Ministry in Lisbon on October 15, 2013. Bailed-out Portugal will put forward new spending cuts demanded by its creditors in a draft budget for 2014 today which risks deepening discontent over austerity measures. Portugal, which is trying to regain full access to debt markets with the end of a three-year 78-billion-euro (106 billion USD) rescue plan in June 2014, has vowed to bring its deficit down to 4.0 percent of output next year from 5.5 percent in 2013. AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA (Photo credit should read PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images)